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which has raised so many beautiful buildings in all parts of India, almost 

 unsurpassed, even in Western countries, for grandeur of effect on the one 

 hand and delicate intricacy of minute detail on the other, is by no 

 means dead and only requires clue encouragement and direction. The 

 new Bori Bunder Railway Station, at Bombay, much of the ornament 

 of which was also worked out by students of the Bombay School of Art 

 is another good example of the same. 



The interior is decorated with mural frescoes, executed by local 

 artists, comprising copies of some of the most celebrated specimens of 

 Indo-Persia'n art of the time of Akbar, as well as of characteristic 

 specimens of ancient art in Western and Eastern countries, besides some 

 admirable reproductions of the frescoes at the Ajanta caves. The 

 Japanese and Egyptian frescoes have just been completed. 



The collections include metal work from all parts of India, enamels 

 and pottery, carvings in wood, stone, ivory, textiles and all other Indian 

 arts, and in every section choice specimens of European work, in original 

 or copy, have, within the last year, been exhibited for comparison. 



As the objects of the Museum are more especially economic and 

 industrial, and space is wanting, no attempt has been made to collect a 

 large nnmber of specimens of stuffed animals, though it is intended to 

 completely illustrate the natural history of Rajputana. A large number 

 of type collections of minerals and other geological and physiological 

 specimens, — glass and enamel models of the in\>ertebrata — and other 

 models illustrating the higher forms of animal life and illustrative of 

 the structure of plants are to be found here — besides models, maps and 

 other educational appliances. An Art library is in process of formation. 



The collections also include a series of economic products which 

 will be classified and numbered in conformity with the system carried 

 out in the Indian Museum and the Imperial Institute. 



The Museum is entirely supported by the Durbar, which has spent 

 about a lac of rupees upon it, exclusive of outlay on the building. Since 

 its foundation, in August 1881, it has been visited by upwards of 

 2,000,000 persons and the number of visitors, averaging a quarter of a 

 million yearly, is increasing. 



The above brief abstract will give an idea of the good work that is 

 being done in this comparatively out-of-the-way Native State, and the 

 efforts of all those ; by whose munificence and intelligent exertions these 

 results have been achieved, to maintain a high standard of pure native 

 art and promote the higher education of the masses by means of this 

 splendid Museum, deserve our warm sympathy. 



Luoknow Museum. — From the last report of this Museum, it appears 

 to be making good progress under the energetic management of Dr. 



